Schools: Natick 4x400 shines at New England Championships

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MetroWest Daily News, Framingham, MA

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Posted Jun. 14, 2014 at 10:21 PM
Updated Jun 14, 2014 at 10:26 PM

Posted Jun. 14, 2014 at 10:21 PM
Updated Jun 14, 2014 at 10:26 PM

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Natick's 4x400 relay team of Mike Maichen, Lucas Holt, Caleb Winn and Myles Holt broke their own school record for the third consecutive meet as the Redhawks won the New England Championship with a time of 3:18.76, a second ahead of runner-up Lincoln-Sudbury.

Kurt Robakiewicz of Nipmuc won the triple jump at 46'8.75, besting rival Evandro DaCosta of Randolph by four inches.

Ben Colello won the 110 hurdles for Lincoln-Sudbury, as his time of 14.29 bested Deion Raper of Brockton by nearly a quarter of a second. Brandon Thornhill was sixth for the Redhawks in 14.80.

Autumn Kramer broke her own school record in the javelin (129'11) by finishing second. Algonquin had a fifth place from Carly Railing (10'9) in the pole vault, a 10th place from Sarah Foster in the javelin (115'5), and an eighth from Ariel Wilbekin in the triple jump (35'6.5).

Three middle-distance runners placed third, as Milford's Keilan Nova ran 57.17 in the 400, Natick's Kayley McGonagle in the 300 hurdles (45.16), and Bellingham's Sarah Edwards broke her own Tri-Valley League record with a 2:13.43 in the 800.

Natick's Kisha Kalra placed 13th in the 110 meter high hurdles in a time of 15.56 seconds.

Boys Tennis

PATHI MAKES STATE FINAL: Westborough freshman Sumukh Pathi lost 6-3, 6-1 to Patrick Wyeth of Cape Cod Academy in the individual state championship at St. John's Shrewsbury.

In the semifinals of the doubles tournament, Westborough's Ben Czech and Kishore Rao lost 6-4, 6-0 to Brian Kavanagh and Mike Knight of Minnechaug, while Wellesley's Jack Mykrantz and Ethan Chapman fell in straight sets to Lexington's duo of Gideon Feifke and Connor Chin.

American Legion

WALPOLE 1, FRANKLIN 0 (8 INNINGS): Eric Abruzzi pitched five innings, allowing one hit and no runs for Franklin in a Zone 6 West loss to Walpole. Ben Chaffee finished 2-for-3 with a double for Franklin.

Senior Babe Ruth

MEDWAY 5, FRANKLIN 2: Tyler Monahan had two hits and drove in a pair of runs to pace Medway (4-0).

Seth Coppinger pitched the first five innings and earned the win on the hill. Coppinger allowed just two hits and one earned run, while striking out three. Drew Harris came on and slammed the door over the last two innings to earn the save.

Jordan Krozy chipped in with an RBI triple and reached base three times for Medway.

Ben Waters pitched well in defeat for Franklin (0-3). Matt Poirier had a pair of hits and scored a run.

Page 2 of 2 - Milford (2-3) led, 7-6, when Drew Donahue led off the bottom of the seventh with a double. A walk to Evan Park and a wild pitch put runners on second and third with one out and set the stage for the heroics by Stillwell (4-for4, 3 RBIs).

Park pitched one inning of scoreless relief, striking out two, to earn the victory for Hopkinton. Matt Burns chipped in with two hits and two RBIs.

For Milford, Kevin Lynch pitched five strong innings and Sam Lucier had a hit and an RBI.